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erinaceousjones | 1 year ago

I think you have good points in your middle paragraph, but I disagree with your first sentence. I can see a growing trend of dismissive "this reads like it's AI-generated" when I frankly think it has been written like that. Author has a similar tone to me. That's my writing style.

> Not everyone can achieve this level of communication in a productive manner.

Correct, and it sucks. I feel like it's ableist at times too. 9-to-5 days of small-talk are so strangely exhausting t me. It's very frustrating I feel it's a mandatory part of my career if I don't want to be forgotten about.

But? I don't disagree with the author. In my interpretation, they aren't saying "I'm an extrovert and I'm great", they're saying "hey, this is a thing you can choose to do or be, and you may find it benefits you, and the introvert/extrovert thing is a stupid distinction, but being extrovert in the right way is a means of making yourself visible".

Because, let's face it, it is. There is some entrenched ableism, in a way. Last I checked like 10-20% of western population is some form of neurodiverse and a proportion of that just do not click with the predominant communication styles used by the majority population. It sucks and we are left feeling like we are not accommodated for and can easily fall into that exhausted feeling of resentment.

But? So what? You can help make things incrementally better for yourself in the system whilst still "playing the game", if you consider it as something you are choosing to expend your energy on.

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knorker|1 year ago

I held back a similar comment about AI-generated. I think the "AI-generated" accusation is overused. This article was incoherent nonsense, but not all incoherent nonsense hallucinations are AI-generated.

andrewflnr|1 year ago

People underestimate how old incoherent writing is. For that matter they underestimate how hard it is to write coherently.

Izkata|1 year ago

Funnily enough, the part that made me suspicious is it didn't end with the last section titled "In Conclusion" - for a while now human bloggers have gotten so bad/lazy they don't seem to know how to tie together a long-form post at the end, and instead just use that title to repeat a couple of earlier points.

jiscariot|1 year ago

> He said, with a smirk, “I am not an extrovert”.

In this likely fabricated scenario, our initial introduction to the introvert has them also coming across as a dick.